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Schrafft's Butterscotch Cookies

Source of Recipe


From "Lost Recipes" by Marion Cunningham






List of Ingredients



• 2 Tbsp butter, at room temperature
  
• 3/4 cup vegetable shortening, at room temperature
  
• 1-1/4 cups packed dark brown sugar
  
• 1 egg
  
• 2 Tbsp nonfat dry milk
  
• 1 Tbsp vanilla
  
• 1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
  
• 1/2 tsp salt
  
• 1 cup finely chopped pecans
  






Instructions



1. Preheat the oven to 375º F. Grease cookie sheets. Combine the butter and shortening in a large mixing bowl and beat for a few seconds. Add the sugar and beat until creamy. Add the egg, dry milk and vanilla, and beat until light. Stir the flour, baking soda and salt with a fork to mix and lighten. Add to the sugar-butter mixture and blend. Stir in the pecans and mix well.
   
   
2. Drop heaping tablespoons of dough 2 inches apart onto the cookie sheets. Dip the bottom of a glass 3 inches in diameter into flour and use it to press the dough down in a circle of the same dimension. If the dough sticks a little as you lift the glass, scrape it from the glass and just pat any bits back into the circle of dough to make it even and neatly round. Dip the glass into the flour again after each pressing.
   
   
3. Bake the cookies for 7 to 10 minutes, until golden brown. Remove from the oven and gently lift the cookies onto a rack. Let cool and store in an airtight container.
   
   Makes about 30 large cookies.